Suffern makes parking easier for downtown residents, visitors

Village opens lots, lowers fees

9:15 PM,
Oct. 15, 2013

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The village's Parking Authority is hopeful changes to its rules will open up prime downtown parking spaces for shoppers.

Suffern residents and merchants can now park for free in commuter lots at six zones in the village, while nonresidents will pay 5 percent less for monthly or daily permits. The new regulations, approved by the Suffern Parking Authority, went into effect Oct. 1 and affect more than 1,000 spaces.

The idea is to give business owners, their employees and tenants living above the shops an alternative to parking for free on Lafayette Avenue, the village's main commercial ...